Meaning of 大洪水(だいこうずい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 大洪水

Kana Reading だいこうずい

Romaji daikōzui

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

heavy floods

Examples of 大洪水, だいこうずい in a sentence

一部の住民が様子見の態度を取る一方で他の者は大洪水に備えた。

Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.
大洪水で現地の交通網が麻痺した。

The massive flood paralyzed the local transportation network.
大洪水がその地域の交通網を麻痺させた。

A massive flood paralyzed the local transportation network.
家が数軒その大洪水で流された。

Several houses were carried away by the great flood.

Related Kanji

洪 JLPT 1

9 strokes

deluge, flood, vast

On'Yomi: コウ

Kun'Yomi:

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水 JLPT 5

4 strokes

water

On'Yomi: スイ

Kun'Yomi: みず, みず-

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大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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